Olivier d'Assier |Chief Marketing Officer, Axioma Inc. -
President, Axioma Asia
Olivier d'Assier is Chief Marketing Officer for Axioma Inc. and President of Axioma Asia. He is responsible for leading Axioma's expansion globally, managing the marketing teams in the US, Europe and Asia. He joined the firm in March 2006 and has since opened offices in San Francisco, Singapore, Hong Kong and London for Axioma; Tokyo is his next stop. Olivier has spent the last ten years of his professional career in Asia with three of them in Tokyo, three in HK and four in Singapore.
Olivier was previously President of Barra Japan and VP of Barra Inc. for Asia Pacific. Subsequently he became Executive Director of MSCI Barra for Asia Pacific after the merger between MSCI and Barra in 2004, where he was responsible for the strategic and commercial business development in that region, overseeing the operation of the firm's Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney offices.
Olivier joined Barra in 1998 as Sales Manager for Asia out of Singapore. In September 2000, he became Managing Director, Asia ex-Japan for Barra International based in Hong Kong. And in February 2003, he moved to Tokyo as President of Barra Japan and Vice President of Barra Inc. for Asia Pacific, adding responsibility for the Japan, Australia and New Zealand markets. Following the acquisition of Barra by Morgan Stanley in June 2004 and the subsequent merger of Barra with MSCI, Mr. d'Assier became Executive Director of MSCI Barra with overall responsibility for the combined business in the region.
Prior to joining Barra, Olivier served as the Senior Vice President, Head, Institutional Sales, for Nikko Securities in Singapore. He held a Dealer's Representative license from the Singapore Stock Exchange, as well as an Index Futures and Options qualification from SIMEX. Before Nikko he was with Smith New Court Securities heading Strategy and Sales for Asian (ex-Japan) Equities out of their Geneva office for Swiss and German institutions.
He received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Political Science in 1989 from the Cullen Business School at the University of Houston, Texas where he was a scholarship recipient.
Olivier d'Assier is Chief Marketing Officer for Axioma Inc. and President of Axioma Asia. He is responsible for leading Axioma's expansion globally, managing the marketing teams in the US, Europe and Asia. He joined the firm in March 2006 and has since opened offices in San Francisco, Singapore, Hong Kong and London for Axioma; Tokyo is his next stop. Olivier has spent the last ten years of his professional career in Asia with three of them in Tokyo, three in HK and four in Singapore.
